First World War internee Ludwig Barscshack, Douglas Camp, Isle of Man
Date(s): ?1917
Scope & Content: The glass plate is annotated '4264 Barschaft'. This corresponds to 4264 Ludwig Barshak in the Douglas Camp daybook. ICRC database has the name as 'Ludwig Barscshack' and records him as 32 years of age in 1915. He was living at Westgate on Sea, and his next of kin recorded as Berthold Barscshack, 35 Maassenstrasse, Berlin. He possibly appears on the 1911 census as a house decorator named Louis Berschack, born Germany though the ages do not tally.
Language: eng
Extent: overall: 16 cm x 12 cm
Physical description: Black & white glass half-plate negative
Item name: photograph
Collection: Photographic Archive
Level: ITEM
ID number: PG/7870/37124
the glass plate is annotated '4264 Barschaft'. This corresponds to 4264 Ludwig Barshak in the Douglas Camp daybook. IRC database has the name as 'Ludwig Barscshack' and records him as 32 years of age in 1915. He was living at Westgate on Sea, and his next of kin recorded as Berthold Barscshack, 35 Maassenstrasse, Berlin. - matthew richardson Report this
He possibly appears on the 1911 census as a house decorator named Louis Berschack, born Germany though the ages do not tally. - matthew richardson Report this